Brassiere



Sept. 8. 1925.

c. PETERSEN BRASSIERE Filed July 11, 1923 Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BRASSIERE.

Application filed July 11, 1923.

T all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CrinisTINE PETERSEN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Evanston, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brassieres, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined brassieres and abdominal redu'cers, or brassieres provided with an attachment for reducing the diaphragm, or that part of the body in the vicinity of the diaphragm, the attachment being such that it may in some forms be adjusted independent of the brassiere proper. Speaking generally, the brassiere is provided at the front with an inside piece or reducer, which is connected to the main portion of the brassiere, as will be more fully pointed out hereinafter.

The drawing is an inside or rear elevation of a brassiere provided with the improvement.

In the form shown, the brassiere body 6 and its connections may be made as shown, the reducing attachment having the form of a middle piece located inside the front of the brassiere and connected at each side by laces 31 to tabs 32 which are made quite long. That is, they extend around under the arm pits when worn and are sewed to the inside of the brassiere body 6 as indicated at 33. This, however, transmits the strain or pressure well around toward the back. The brassiere body can be adjusted by laces 15, and the reducing section or device 30 is independently adjusted by Serial No. 650,897.

means of the laces 31. The ends of these laces, furthermore, are extended inwardly and downwardly thru a free loop 35, which may be made of metal, and are connected to a 4 hook 36 which may be hooked under the front edge of the corset worn under the brassiere, the laces passing intermediately thru a loop 37 sewed on the inside of the lower edge of the brassiere body. The upper 4 edge of the piece 30 is connected by tape 34: to the upper part of the brassiere body. The sliding or floating loop 35 takes up or loosens the laces 31 and consequently controls the pressure of the piece 30 against the 0 diaphragm. When the loop 35 is slid up the laces are drawn up or tightened accordingly, and when the loop is slid down, the pressure is released. The loop 35 is a double loop thru which the laces are bent first one way and then the other, so that the loop will stay where it is put by the binding engagement of the laces therewith when they are tightened. Also, it will be seen that the reducing section 30 is adjustable independently of the body of the brassire.

I claim: 1

The combination with a brassiere, of a reducing section located inside the front thereof and connected at each side by laces to the sides of the brassiere, a corset hook connected to said laces at the front middle line of the brassiere, and means to tighten or loosen the laces.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

CHRISTINE PETERSEN. 

